Quote Originally Posted by Bogertophis View Post
I'm sorry that happened to you & Beans- education is contagious, but unfortunately, so are closed-minds. Animal-haters love to claim to be allergic too. The problem is that our planet has a web of life basis- life forms are connected to one another, in terms of survival, & when people don't care about wiping out some of them, they are too ignorant to realize it can come back to "bite" their own existence. I think biology courses should be required in high school, but these days, apparently they don't even require civics, & boy does it show. It's frustrating, & I feel like our society is going backwards, even while some percent continues to make great progress. I'm glad you tried, at least. We all have to keep trying.
I fought them to take the rule down for a while as did a few teachers. Eventually we were just powerless and not listened to. In spite of the rule one of them bought a stuffed snake as a therapy stuffed animal for her classroom ha!